Why zero trust delivers even more resilience than you think 10/10/2023 at 08:04 By Help Net Security Ten years ago, zero trust was an exciting, innovative perspective shift that security experts were excited to explore; today, it’s more likely to be framed as an inevitable trend than as a mere option on the security menu. […]
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Turning military veterans into cybersecurity experts 10/10/2023 at 07:34 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, James Murphy, the Director of the TechVets Programme at the Forces Employment Charity, discusses the challenges that military veterans face when transitioning from military to civilian life. One significant hurdle is the difficulty they often encounter in
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Why security is the bedrock of success for mainframe projects 10/10/2023 at 07:02 By Help Net Security Enterprises looking to update their mission-critical operations are approaching modernization in three ways – modernizing on the mainframe, integrating with the hyperscalers, or moving off to the cloud, according to a recent Kyndryl report. Almost all respondents use
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Microsoft 365 email senders urged to implement SPF, DKIM and DMARC 09/10/2023 at 13:32 By Helga Labus In the wake of Google’s announcement of new rules for bulk senders, Microsoft is urging Microsoft 365 email senders to implement SPF, DKIM and DMARC email authentication methods. “These Domain Name Service (DNS) email authentication records verify that
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Selective disclosure in the identity wallet: How users share the data that is really needed 09/10/2023 at 07:46 By Help Net Security Name, date of birth, address, email address, passwords, tax records, or payroll – all this sensitive user data is stored by companies in huge databases to identify individuals for digital services. Although companies
Automotive cybersecurity: A decade of progress and challenges 09/10/2023 at 07:31 By Help Net Security As connected cars become a standard feature in the market, the significance of automotive cybersecurity rises, playing an essential role in ensuring the safety of road users. In this Help Net Security video, Samantha Beaumont, Principal Security Consultant at IOActive,
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October 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: Operating system updates and zero-days aplenty 06/10/2023 at 07:47 By Help Net Security September has been a packed month of continuous updates. New operating systems were released from Apple and Microsoft, and several vulnerabilities exploited in web services resulted in a domino effect of zero-day releases for many vendors. If
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Are executives adequately guarding their gadgets? 06/10/2023 at 07:02 By Help Net Security Today, individual citizens, rather than businesses or governmental bodies, are the main entry points for cyberattacks. However, security solutions haven’t evolved sufficiently to guard public figures and leaders as they do for large corporate entities. In this Help Net Security video, Amir
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“Looney Tunables” bug allows root access on Linux distros (CVE-2023-4911) 05/10/2023 at 16:17 By Zeljka Zorz A vulnerability (CVE-2023-4911) in the GNU C Library (aka “glibc”) can be exploited by attackers to gain root privileges on many popular Linux distributions, according to Qualys researchers. About CVE-2023-4911 Dubbed “Looney Tunables”, CVE-2023-4911 is a buffer overflow vulnerability
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Apple patches another iOS zero-day under attack (CVE-2023-42824) 05/10/2023 at 13:47 By Helga Labus Apple has released a security update for iOS and iPadOS to fix another zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-42824) exploited in the wild. About the vulnerability (CVE-2023-42824) CVE-2023-42824 is a kernel vulnerability that could allow a local threat actor to elevate its privileges on
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Critical Atlassian Confluence zero-day exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-22515) 05/10/2023 at 13:02 By Helga Labus Atlassian has fixed a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-22515) in Confluence Data Center and Server that is being exploited in the wild. “Atlassian has been made aware of an issue reported by a handful of customers where external attackers may have exploited
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Eyes everywhere: How to safely navigate the IoT video revolution 05/10/2023 at 12:31 By Help Net Security Cameras are coming to a connected device near you. Cheap image sensors from old mobile phones are flooding the market and bringing video to the Internet of Things (IoT). Vacuum cleaners, bird feeders, connected cars and even smart
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High-business-impact outages are incredibly expensive 05/10/2023 at 07:01 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Peter Pezaris, Chief Strategy and Design Officer at New Relic, discusses observability adoption and how full-stack observability leads to better service-level metrics, such as fewer, shorter outages and lower outage costs. 32% of respondents to a recent
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Backdoored Android phones, TVs used for ad fraud – and worse! 04/10/2023 at 19:46 By Help Net Security A key monetization mechanism of a sophisticated series of cybercriminal operations involving backdoored off-brand mobile and CTV Android devices has been disrupted, Human Security has announced. The company’s Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team observed more than
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Qualcomm patches 3 actively exploited zero-days 04/10/2023 at 16:46 By Helga Labus Qualcomm has fixed three actively exploited vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-33106, CVE-2023-33107, CVE-2023-33063) in its Adreno GPU and Compute DSP drivers. Vulnerabilities exploited in Qualcomm GPU and DSP drivers The US-based semiconductor company has been notified by Google Threat Analysis Group and Google Project Zero that
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Google unveils stricter anti-spam rules for bulk email senders 04/10/2023 at 13:17 By Helga Labus To keep Gmail users’ inboxes “safer and more spam-free”, Google is introducing new requirements for bulk senders (of commercial email). “Last year we started requiring that emails sent to a Gmail address must have some form of authentication. And we’ve
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Cybertech Europe 2023 video walkthrough 04/10/2023 at 12:31 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, we take you inside Cybertech Europe 2023 at La Nuvola Convention Center in Rome. The video features the following vendors: Accenture, Armis, Atlantica, Cisco, Cloudflare, CyberArk, Cyber Guru, Cybergym, DGS, Forcepoint, IBM Security, KnowBe4, Lutech, ManageEngine, Netgroup,
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Amazon: AWS root accounts must have MFA enabled 04/10/2023 at 12:01 By Zeljka Zorz Amazon wants to make it more difficult for attackers to compromise Amazon Web Services (AWS) root accounts, by requiring those account holders to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA). MFA options for AWS accounts AWS provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to
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Making privacy sustainable: Incorporating privacy into the ESG agenda 04/10/2023 at 08:02 By Help Net Security Data breaches have been rising in frequency and magnitude over the last two decades. In fact, the Identity Theft Resource Centre (ITRC) found that between 2005 and 2020, data breach events in the US alone increased from 57 to
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Tackling cyber risks head-on using security questionnaires 04/10/2023 at 07:33 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Gaspard de Lacroix-Vaubois, CEO at Skypher, talks about the implementation of security questionnaires and how they facilitate assessments and accountability across all participants in the technology supply chain, fostering trust and safeguarding sensitive data. Many organizations
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